MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate News Corp has named Jack Abernethy as Fox Stations CEO. Abernethy previously served as Fox News executive VP. The...
MUMBAI: It’s now official. Just over a month after indiantelevision.com broke the news of what is arguably the most significant executive hiring in the industry in...
MUMBAI: NDTV has lined up a three-part documentary series – The Music of the Diasporas – on the popular rhythms and ragas that have evolved amongst...
MUMBAI: The 9-10 pm slot in the Hindi entertainment space, traditionally defined as the peak of prime time, seems to be swinging back lead channel Star...
MUMBAI: Pay channel users in Shanghai will be able to receive the US-based movie channel HBO from 1 January, 2005. This comes in the wake of...
MUMBAI: Top-rated daytime drama The Young and the Restless will be staying on CBS for another five years as the network has secured a five-year extension...
MUMBAI: ETC Music vice president operations, Ashutosh has taken additional charge of the channel as its business head with effective from 3 December. This move comes...
MUMBAI: If ‘evolved’ viewers in India prefer to watch BBC World, then it is the ‘business decision makers’ in the Middle East who favour the channel....
MUMBAI: Sony’s long-running crime thriller CID, which has been a sustainable asset for the channel over the last six years, has seen a recent upsurge in...
MUMBAI: The National Association of Television Producers and Executives (Natpe) announced the lineup of speakers for its annual conference to be held in Las Vegas at...
MUMBAI: Emulating the likes of Jay Leno is easier said than done. Former tennis player John McEnroe has failed to repeat his on court success on...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced that its journalist Mark Doyle has won first prize in the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA)/UN Foundation Awards. He won in...
MUMBAI: Star News seems to be on a show launching spree. After a succession of new shows like Saas Bahu aur Saazish, Insaaf Ka Taraazu and...
MUMBAI: The Viacom owned CBS network is going from strength to strength. It has come out on top for November in the 18-49 demographic for the...
MUMBAI: One of the most remarkable sights on television in recent times was the sight of two airplanes hitting the twin Towers in New York three...
MUMBAI: Primetime TV in the US is now very much at the service of its users. They increasingly switch channels, multitask while watching, and personally select...
MUMBAI: In the past US broadcaster CBS has enjoyed success with reality shows like The Amazing Race. Now the Viacom owned broadcaster has announced a...
MUMBAI: Animax, has entered into a strategic tie-up with Sony for the creation of an Animax branded block on the channel. An official release, from the...
MUMBAI: Animax is launching Galaxy Angel, a show about five angels on a mission. Galaxy Angel will premier on 8 December at 8 pm. There will...
NEW DELHI: Kotak Mahindra subsidiary Business Standard Ltd., running the Business Standard financial daily, has applied to the government seeking clearance for foreign investment and the...
NEW DELHI: Some Indian policy makers today took note of the modern technology involved in broadcasting and suggested set-top boxes should be cost-effective for Doordarshan’s KU-band...
MUMBAI: Malayalam news channel Indiavision claims it has bettered its position in the last couple of months. Quoting TAM ratings for October and November, the channel...
NEW DELHI: There’s a new species of viewer out there tuning in to the Hindi entertainment space. And it is Star One that they are watching....
MUMBAI: The History Channel will telecast a documentary on the plots that were hatched to kill former Nazi Supremo Adolf Hitler and his miraclous escape on...
MUMBAI: While cricket is certainly the number one sport in the country sports broadcasters are also looking at hockey in a big way to shore up...
MUMBAI: CBS’ sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond won the award for best comedy at the sixth edition of the Family Television Awards in the US. In India...
NEW DELHI: India TV, the 24-hour news channel promoted by Rajat Sharma, is now reaching 19 million homes in the Hindi belt. With this wide distribution,...
NEW DELHI: Evan as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) rides roughshod over the broadcast sector, the protagonists (read broadcasters vs the cable fraternity) are...
MUMBAI: The controversy over the Janet Jackson episode at the Super Bowl last Sunday has led to CBS trying to clean up its act. The broadcaster...
NEW DELHI: The latest to join the reality TV bandwagon is Star One. Early next year, it will unveil a show, christened Lakme Fashion House, which...
MUMBAI: Documentary series National Geographic Explorer will receive a coveted duPont-Columbia University Award for excellence in television journalism. The ceremony will be held on 13 January...
MUMBAI: Star News’ recently launched show Saas Bahu aur Saazish has gained immense popularity with the viewers and has figured as the No. 1 show in...
MUMBAI: Big B never goes out of stock! When it comes to luring the film audience, Big B has no competition on television and channels have...
MUMBAI: A UK panel that is reviewing the future of the BBC has produced a report which suggests keeping the licence fee for 10 more years....
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has signed a new agreement with Viasat Broadcasting. The deal will see WWE launch throughout Scandinavia for the first time in...
SINGAPORE: The region’s top broadcasting talents and programmes were honoured at the Asian Television Awards ceremony at the University Cultural Centre on Thursday night. In total...
MUMBAI: Basketball fans in Hong Kong can look forward to some of the best hoop action from the US. ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has netted the...
MUMBAI: Two months after launch, Hungama TV, the kids channel from the UTV stable, has laid claim to garnering an average weekly reach of 11.9 per...
MUMBAI: “While Tam India is one of the best tracking agencies in the country today; one news channel in India gets half it’s SEC AB viewing...
NEW DELHI: In what may be an indication to the slow digitalisation process being set in motion, the government today ruled out further expansion of terrestrial...
MUMBAI: For the third consecutive year, Channel [V], China Central Television (CCTV) and Shanghai Media Group will join forces to present the biggest Chinese music event...
MUMBAI: Reliance Infocomm has announced a full suite of ISP services for its subscribers under the R-Connect service platform. The company claims that apart from high...
MUMBAI: Fox in the US will break out the 2005 calendar by starting the year off right with a fresh new wave of programming The gritty...
MUMBAI: Fox in the US will break out the 2005 calendar by starting the year off right with a fresh new wave of programming The gritty...
MUMBAI: On Monday 6 December, UK’s leading television drama professionals will come together at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) in London. They...
SINGAPORE: The excitement was palpable at the opening of the Asia Media Festival in Singapore this morning. The hustle and bustle of TV and animation professionals...
MUMBAI: Shortly after signing a deal with Disney to distribute its channels in India, the Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster Star has renewed a multi-year agreement with...
NEW DELHI: The government is finalising a spectrum policy that would bring in an automated spectrum management system with 3G services being an integral part of...
MUMBAI: French Electronics and media services company Thomson has outlined a strategic growth map for the next two years. As far as the media and entertainment...
NEW DELHI: India’s “step-sister” sport of hockey has just been given a huge dose of much-needed marketing support in an intiative spearheaded by ESPN Star Sports...

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